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Jan 23, 2009

President Obama to Close GITMO: Releasing Terrorist is Stupid

Despite warnings from the Pentagon President Obama has decided to close Guantanamo Bay Prison (GITMO) within a year. His plan is to return the prisoners to their home country, which Bush tried unsuccessful. These countries don't want them. In fact a Pentagon report shows that the Muslim based countries that took prisoners back released them.

The Full Story:Detainee went from Gitmo to al Qaeda, official says.WASHINGTON DC - A Saudi national released from U.S. detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in September 2007 is believed to be a key leader in al Qaeda's operations in Yemen, according to a U.S. counter terrorism official.The Defense Department recently estimated that more than 60 terrorists released from Guantanamo may have returned to the battlefield.According to the counter terrorism official, Ali al-Shiri traveled to Yemen after being released to Saudi Arabia and may have been involved in recent al Qaeda attacks in Yemen, including a car bombing outside the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa last year that killed nearly a dozen people."He is one of a handful of al Qaeda deputies in Yemen," the official said. "He is one of the top terrorists."His title is deputy and senior operations commander, the source said.According to the magazine Sada al-Malahem, or the Echo of the Epics, published by al Qaeda in Yemen, al-Shiri attended a media session in which Yemen commander Abu Baseer was interviewed.The magazine identified al-Shiri as Baseer's deputy commander and quoted Baseer as announcing that al Qaeda's operations in Yemen and Saudi Arabia have been combined to become al Qaeda on the Arabian Peninsula.The magazine noted that al-Shiri was released from Guantanamo more than 10 months ago.He fled a Saudi jihadi re-education program, where he went after his release, a Saudi source told CNN.President Obama on Thursday signed an order mandating that the Guantanamo Bay prison be closed within the year. What to do with the detainees has been a hotly debated topic.The issue of freed detainees engaging in terrorism is one concern. Another is housing them in prisons inside the United States.Rep. Bill Young, R-Florida, said he has "quite a bit of anxiety" about the possibility of transferring detainees to U.S. facilities."Number one, they're dangerous," Young said. "Secondly, once they become present in the United States, what is their legal status? What is their constitutional status? I worry about that, because I don't want them to have the same constitutional rights that you and I have. They're our enemy."Obama's decision to close the Guantanamo facility received immediate backing from his general election opponent, Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain.McCain, in a joint statement with South Carolina GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham, said he supported Obama's decision to "begin a process that will, we hope, lead to the resolution of all cases of Guantanamo detainees."But Thursday night on CNN "Larry King Live," John McCain said the new president may have been hasty in the decision and should have taken the time to consider everything associated with closing the camp before forcing himself into a timetable.Specifically, McCain said he thought Obama needed to consider what would happen to the prisoners held at Guantanamo before ordering the facility to be closed."So, the easy part, in all due respect, is to say we're going to close Guantanamo," McCain said. "Then I think I would have said where they were going to be taken. Because you're going to run into a NIMBY [not in my backyard] problem here in the United States of America."Asked about that issue Thursday, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said, "We have developed some options in terms of how many we think could be returned to other countries to take them. That diplomatic initiative has not started. That will await work in carrying out the executive order.""We have identified a number of possible prisons here in the United States" that could take the detainees. However, Gates added, "I've heard from members of Congress where all those prisons are located. Their enthusiasm is limited."

My Comment:You wanted a Liberal for a President now you got one.What are you Liberals including President Obama going to do when these asshole terrorist, that should have been put to death, kill Americans again?This is proof that we should not take terrorist as prisoners and if we do, question them in the field and then shoot them.

3 comments:

Just curious as to what Obama has in mind for those we capture that pose threats to our country? His orders call for Gitmo closure in a year regardless of whether or not we have somewhere to send them. And with Americans more worried about themselves and what is going to happen with the domestic issues at hand (financially, with housing, hell, even the wireless internet that is supposedly going to be made available) Obama will have too much to deal with to think about rehabilitation for these terrorists.

Shooting from the hip is fine if your a cowboy, but OB doesn't fit the bill....It seems people do not do their homework when it comes to making a meaningful decision. What not think of all the ramifications before coming out and making a blanket statement. It sounds good we will see. Don't bring them here. they don't belong to me......good post...stay well...